Creative Ideas for Fun and Unique Ceramic Mugs

What makes a
ceramic coffee travel mug
unique? Just the fact that it's hand-made on a pottery wheel makes it unique, but there's more. It has to have something that catches your eye, a special design, color or texture.

Here is an example of a fantastic ceramic coffee travel mug
from the
Of Cabbages and Kings
pottery studio.

It takes into account function as well as design. Look at the simple elegance in the form of the body and handle.

Notice the unique hole design for the liquid and air exchange in the lid.

Plus, the corks that John & Katie use are beautiful and rustic.

Here is a list of ideas for unique pottery mugs to inspire experimentation. Any of these would make great
cheap pottery
Christmas, holiday, or birthday gifts, and they're fun pottery projects to make. Try a few of these unique mug recipe's:

Throw a mug and carve or sculpt a face on it.

Throw a thick-walled mug and then thin the walls by carving stripes, flowers, textures or names into it after it's leather hard.

Throw a thick-walled mug. Carve a pattern of stripes or squiggles into the walls. Then, stretch the walls (and the carved pattern) outward on the wheel while the pot is still wet. This creates very interesting and unique
pottery designs.